ROASTED GAME HENS WITH SAVORY VEGETABLE STUFFING: Daily Diabetic Recipe

ROASTED GAME HENS WITH SAVORY VEGETABLE STUFFING

Yield: 4 servings
Source: "Express Lane Diabetic Cooking"

INGREDIENTS
Stuffing:
- 1 cup cooked white rice (can use leftover rice)
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon ground sage
- 2 teaspoon ground sage
- 2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 package (1/2 pound) frozen mixed vegetables

Glaze:
- 1/2 cup no-added-sugar apricot jelly
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

- 2 (14-ounce) frozen Cornish game hens, defrosted,
washed, halved, and skinned (giblets removed)

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, mix together rice, garlic,
sage, oil, and vegetables. Set aside.

In a small saucepan or in the microwave, heat the jelly
until it melts. Add the mustard, salt, and pepper.

Spread the stuffing over the bottom of a nonstick casserole
dish. Top with the Cornish game hens halves. Bake, uncovered,
for 20 minutes. Brush the glaze over the hens. Continue to
bake for another 15-20 minutes, brushing with glaze occasionally,
until hens are cooked through and juices run clear.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/2 hen, 1/2 cup stuffing):
Calories: 307, Fat: 7 g, Cholesterol: 117 mg, Sodium: 163 mg,
Carbohydrate: 31 g, Dietary Fiber: 2 g, Sugars: 9 g, Protein: 29 g
Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Starch, 4 Very Lean Meat